Question

scientists have discovered a organism with the following characteristics:• multicellular• needs to eat food• has a complex nervous system• is able to move from one location to another• growth occurs throughout its bodyin which kingdom is this organism most likely to be classified?a. plantsb. animalsc. bacteriad. fungi

Explanation:

• Plants (A): Plants are multicellular but they produce their own food via photosynthesis (don't need to eat food in the way described), and while they have growth, their movement (if any, like tropisms) is very limited compared to animals and not the "move from one location to another" as described.
• Bacteria (C): Bacteria are unicellular organisms, so they do not meet the "multicellular" criterion.
• Fungi (D): Fungi are multicellular (in most cases, like mushrooms etc.), but their mode of nutrition is absorption (they secrete enzymes to break down food externally and then absorb it). They do not have a complex nervous system like animals and their movement (if any, in the case of some fungal spores dispersal) is not the active locomotion as described.
• Animals (B): Animals are multicellular. They need to consume food (heterotrophic nutrition - ingest and digest food). They have a complex nervous system (even simple animals like jellyfish have nerve nets, and more complex animals have elaborate nervous systems). And most animals are capable of moving from one location to another (active locomotion) for various purposes like finding food, mates, or shelter. Growth in animals occurs throughout their body as cells divide and differentiate.

Answer:

B. Animals